There Were Times...
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poliphilo... "When it seemed the Lord was sleeping".
No, the Pope wasn't hinting that he'd lost his faith. He was referencing the story of the storm on the Lake of Galilee (Mark 4, 35-41)- the point of which is that we must carry on trusting in God even when he seems to have abandoned us.
No, the Pope wasn't hinting that he'd lost his faith. He was referencing the story of the storm on the Lake of Galilee (Mark 4, 35-41)- the point of which is that we must carry on trusting in God even when he seems to have abandoned us.
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Date: 2013-02-28 08:48 am (UTC)And even the Rabbi Jeshu bar Joseph has his moment of doubt:
'Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?'
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Date: 2013-02-28 09:26 am (UTC)Once upon a time you could rely on educated persons having a working knowledge of the Bible. Last night Jon Snow was discussing the Pope's farewell speech with a Monsignor on Channel 4 and neither of them picked up on the reference to Mark 4. It annoyed me.
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Date: 2013-02-28 05:57 pm (UTC)Can it really be as a result of a C of E upbringing? I doubt it somehow!
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Date: 2013-02-28 12:13 pm (UTC)I could write a book about it, but I'm not going to....
:)
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Date: 2013-02-28 02:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-03-01 11:46 am (UTC)Put it another way- I don't believe in any God the human mind is capable of imagining.
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Date: 2013-03-01 12:14 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-02-28 06:27 pm (UTC)That's how I ended up of Friends where there are a good blend of Christocentrics and universalists. :o)